France Victimes warns of forced suicides following intimate partner violence

Paris - 05.08.2026: Jerome Moreau, vice president and spokesperson for the victim support organization France Victimes, has drawn attention to forced suicides linked to intimate partner violence. In an interview with franceinfo, he spoke of around one thousand affected women. This refers to cases in which continued stalking by a current or former partner leads to suicide or a suicide attempt.The currently most reliable official data support this order of magnitude, but require clarification. According to data from the Interior Ministry's statistical service, police and gendarmerie recorded a total of ...